Day two of my awesome origin trip in Costa Rica began with a visit to Coffee Source Inc. coffee exporters. Arnoldo Leiva, longtime friend of Portland Roasting Coffee, picked us up and brought us to his office. He is the General Manager at Coffee Source, owned by the Vargas family. The Vargas family also owns coffee [...]
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Costa Rica Travelogue
I have been back from my amazing trip to Costa Rica for three weeks and I am overdue in sharing some of my experiences.
After Mark, Chris and I landed and made it through immigration at the San Jose airport we met our driver, Favio, and headed straight up into the hills to tour La Minita [...]
Rainforest Alliance Project in Guatemala
We strongly believe that our green bean coffee providers must get as much support, dedication and aid from our company as possible. We already have been supporting growers to improve their livelihood in many ways. In Guatemala for instance; we helped Ms. Miguelina from El Paternal farm build a water treatment facility, and have consistently [...]
Cupping Coffee: Comparisons, Analysis, Deliciousness
Hello,
This week we got the opportunity, as part of the Cup of Excellence, to roast and cup some of the top coffees from this year’s Brazil competition. For those unfamiliar, the Cup of Excellence is an organization that has put together national coffee competitions in a variety of coffee growing countries from Brazil to [...]
